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Empowered By THEM: Power Cards
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Tuesday, January 27, 2015. Friday my school had a teacher in-service day. We were fortunate to have a woman come in and talk to us from CAPTAIN. Power cards, have you heard of them? Power Cards are a tool for helping a child to change an unwanted, inappropriate behavior by capitalizing on an interest, person or character that has special meaning for the child.". Stay in our seat until class is over. Then "reminding" him to look at his power card when I know he understands. I would love your feedback!
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Empowered By THEM: Restaurant Menu Activity
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Thursday, January 22, 2015. Everyone in my class is always on the lookout for "free" resources we can use in our room. Tuesday, one of my support staff brought me a class supply of Denny's To Go menus (don't worry, she asked). These are pretty high quality, quad fold, color menus and I was ecstatic! I immediately got to work putting together this worksheet. April 14, 2015 at 3:20 AM. Help delegates to see things differently and use different thinking styles. January 23, 2016 at 9:31 PM. Errorless #Resour...
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Empowered By THEM: Movie Trailer Monday!!!
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Sunday, June 21, 2015. We are down to the last 5 days of ESY! I found out last Wednesday that I will be moving into a new classrooms next year. So, not only am I having to pack up my house, I am also having to pack up my classroom. And to make matters worse, the air conditioner went out last Thursday so by 9 am it hits about 85 degrees in the room and. From that day on we now enjoy "Movie Trailer Monday's" every week. This has been such a fun thing for all of us, that I am going to continue it in the fal...
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Empowered By THEM: Lego Therapy
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Saturday, February 28, 2015. Here is another great activity I heard about at the teacher in-service I attended last month. Lego therapy! Here is an excerpt from another site. Research has shown that during play therapy,. Children learn to communicate with others, express feelings, modify behaviour, develop problem-solving skills, and learn a variety of ways of relating to others". Each table consisted of:. A Supplier - He is in charge of the parts. An Architect - He is in charge of the plans. Adventures ...
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Empowered By THEM: New "school" Years Resolutions!
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Saturday, August 15, 2015. New "school" Years Resolutions! It's that time of the year again folks. The time of year teachers make our new school year resolutions. Whether it's new things we are going to implement or old things we are going to stay more diligent towards, the commitment is there! 2 Instead of telling the kids what to do "go wash your hands", "go get your folder", "sit in your seat" we will say "what would be the proper thing to do after we sneeze? Does that make sense? I would love to hear...
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Empowered By THEM: The Social Express
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Thursday, January 29, 2015. So, yesterday I stumbled upon a cool site called The Social Express while looking around Youtube. You can read about it in the box here - - I love that the kids appear older, possibly teenagers. A lot of the videos I find for my students seem very babyish and trust me, they let me know. I watched this full 10 minute. To get a better idea of what the site had to offer and was really impressed. You get a free 5 day trial and if you like it, it's only 4.99 a month! My name is Kar...
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Empowered By THEM: ESY 2015
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Saturday, May 23, 2015. We are going to do a few new things this year. Remember this lesson that was going around a year or so ago? I hope your school years are winding down nicely and you're not to stressed out right about now. Just remember, very soon, we can put our feet up and get a well deserved vacation before it starts all over again. May 27, 2015 at 5:13 AM. What is Left, Right, Center? May 27, 2015 at 6:02 PM. Its actually Left Center Right, which just doesnt roll off the tongue for me! Design b...
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Empowered By THEM: Social Errands
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Thursday, January 8, 2015. I take every opportunity I have to send my kids on social errands. Sometimes I really need to get something somewhere or something brought to me and other times I just need a little break from that certain student (I know, you know, what i'm talkin about). Sometimes a little fresh air and a walk can make all the difference in the world. So, I don't think I have told you this before, but I am the "leader" of my focus group where I work. During a process of elimination. Errorless...
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Empowered By THEM: Christmas Card Exchange Finale
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Friday, December 19, 2014. Christmas Card Exchange Finale. All the amazing Christmas cards we received from our new friends! The kids had a great time doing this exchange and we had so much fun opening each one of them, reading about the other classes, and pinning them to our map on the wall! We are missing about 6 of them, and I'm sure they will be there when we get back, and trust me, my kids will be just as thrilled! And I'm officially off work for two weeks! Can I get a. Two had been opened? I am a S...
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Empowered By THEM: Adventures from the Book of Virtues
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Monday, February 16, 2015. Adventures from the Book of Virtues. I have a student in my class who lies. She comes up with the most amazing stories. I am not sure if they are memories from her past, things she has seen on tv or stories she has heard about from someone else. I still almost daily have to remind her, when I see the wheels spinning in her head, to think before she speaks so she won't lose her song. Her reply usually "I will talk to you later", lol. There are so MANY to choose from! I had a que...
